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Lagmore East is a Neolithic chambered cairn and stone circle located in Banffshire, north-eastern Scotland. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Grampian Group, Neoproterozoic-age metamorphic rocks comprising psammite and semipelite, which weather to create the distinctive landscape of this upland region. The cairn represents a burial monument of the Neolithic period, when communities across Scotland constructed stone-built chambers to house their dead. Stone circles frequently accompanied or followed such chambered cairns, suggesting ritual or ceremonial functions within the landscape.
The combination of a chambered cairn with an associated stone circle is characteristic of Neolithic and early Bronze Age monumental building practices in northern Scotland. Both features reflect the community labour invested in marking significant locations and ancestor veneration. The specific arrangement at Lagmore East contributes to understanding how early societies structured their sacred geography across the Grampian highlands.
The monument is protected and recorded by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM339, ensuring its preservation for future study and public understanding of Neolithic Scotland's monumental heritage.
Lagmore East,chambered cairn & stone circle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM339. View the official record →
Lagmore East is a Neolithic chambered cairn and stone circle located in Banffshire, north-eastern Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM339.
Lagmore East,chambered cairn & stone circle dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn & stone circle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Lagmore East,chambered cairn & stone circle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM339.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lagmore West,chambered cairn & stone circle (0.3 km), Marionburgh,chambered cairn & stone circle W of (0.6 km), Pitchroy, stone circle 240m NNE of (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Lagmore East,chambered cairn & stone circle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Lagmore East,chambered cairn & stone circle stands on Grampian Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite and semipelite.